The Georgetown College Tiger Football Team kicked off the season
with a 27-17 road win over what Head Coach Bill Cronin called
"dangerous" Lindenwood University.

The Georgetown College Tiger Football Team kicked off the season
with a 27-17 road win over what Head Coach Bill Cronin called
"dangerous" Lindenwood University.

"It's a great win to come home with and it will definitely help
us prepare next week for Bacone," said Cronin. "I'm really proud
of how the team performed in our first game, especially when you
consider this was Lindenwood's third."

The Tiger offense was quick to get things started in the first
quarter with a two-yard touchdown run by James Brown and a
scoring pass to junior Brian Piper. The second quarter was more
of the same when Jeff Smith scored on a quarterback sneak and
placekicker Dempsey Schuleter added two field goals of 40 and 37
yards to put the Tigers up 27-7 at the half.

The Lions made some defensive adjustments at halftime and kept
the Tigers scoreless in the second half. They added a field goal
in the third quarter to make it 27-10 and then a touchdown pass
to Steven Kennedy late in the fourth quarter, but it was not
enough.

"Jeff (Smith) is more mature and made better decisions tonight
than he did last season," said Cronin. "If he had made bad
decisions, we would not have won this game."